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Sonoma State University Athletics

Kelsey Hull
Robert Grant

Women's Volleyball

Hot-Hitting Seawolves Blaze Past Broncos In Four

Kelsey Hull hit at a .500 clip to lead the Seawolves to a win on Friday night.
BOX SCORE: Sonoma State 3, Cal Poly Pomona 1

POMONA, Calif- Kelsey Hull slammed a season-high 19 kills to the floor, making just one error in 36 swings, and Ally Sather recorded another 19 kills to lead a hot-hitting Sonoma State to a 3-1 (25-23, 25-21, 26-28, 25-9) victory over host Cal Poly Pomona on Friday night at Darlene May Gym in Pomona. The Seawolves improve to 13-2 overall and 9-1 in the CCAA while the Broncos fall to 8-7 and 5-6.

Hull and Sather combined for 38 of Sonoma State's 64 kills, while Keala Peterson added 10 kills. The Seawolves hit .336 as a team, erring 13 times in 152 attacks. Taylor Krenwinkel led all defenders with 22 digs and Hayley Ross passed out a season-high 57 assistsa and also added 11 digs.

It was extremely close in the first set, as both teams endured 16 tie scores and four lead changes. No team lead by more than one point until Sonoma State grabbed a 14-12 lead. However, Cal Poly Pomona would tie it back up -- several more times -- before taking a three point lead at 20-17. The Seawolves would come right back, though, scoring seven of the set's next eight points to force set point at 24-21. Two straight Bronco points induced a Seawolf timeout, but Sather would put it away on the next rally with a kill to give SSU the 25-23 win and the 1-0 match lead.

The second set again was close, but the Seawolves held the lead for much of the set. The Broncos got to within two points at 20-18, but Sonoma State finally pulled away late for the 25-21 win and the 2-0 lead.

After the 10-minute intermission, Cal Poly Pomona jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the third frame, later extending it to 9-3. Sonoma State would rally to tie the set at 14-14, 15-15 and 16-16, but the hosts would grab the lead again and would hold set point at 24-21. The Seawolves would rally, though, scoring the next four points to lead 25-24. The set would get knotted at 26-26 before the Broncos finally scored the next to points to cut into SSU's match lead at 2-1.

The fourth set was over just as fast as it started with Sonoma State sprinting to a 15-4 lead, eventually cruising to the 25-9 win and the 3-1 match victory.

Taylr Kreutziger led Cal Poly Pomona with 14 kills and Lauren Jones had 10.

Sonoma State will travel back to the Bay Area to face San Francisco State on Saturday. First serve from The Swamp is scheduled for 7:00 p.m.